Published 19:45 IST, November 20th 2019
World Cup Shooting: Manu Bhaker misses final round by a point
After Sanjeev Rajput on day one, it was Manu Bhaker in the Women’s 25m Pistol, who missed out making the final round by a point on day two on Wednesday
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After Sanjeev Rajput on day one, it was Manu Bhaker in Women’s 25m Pistol, who missed out making final round by a point on day two on Wednesday as India's search for a first medal round at ISSF World Cup Final Rifle/Pistol in Putian, China, continued.
Manu shot 583 in qualification, same score as two or competitors, one of whom made finals with Manu losing out on lesser number of inner 10s.
In fact, both Manu and Australian Elena Galiabovitch t only had same score, but also same number of 17 shots in inner 10 ring. German Doreen Vennekamp, who also finished with 583, claimed eighth and final qualifying spot with 23 inner 10s to her credit.
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Among or Indians on show, Asian Games champion Rahi Sarbat shot 569 for an 18thplace finish in Women’s 25m Pistol while Anish Bhanwala shot 578 in Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol to end in 10thposition. top six went through to finals in Men’s event.
China’s Jingjing Zhang claimed a third career WCF gold medal, getting better of defending champion Kim Minjung of Korea 37-33 in final. German Monika Karsch won bronze.
In Men’s Rapid Fire Frenchman Clement Bessaguet struck gold, overcoming Olympic Champion Christian Reitz of Germany 32-31 in final. Jean Quiquampoix of France won bronze.
Day three will see five Indians take field with Manu again featuring in Women’s 10m Air Pistol along with Yashaswini Singh Deswal. In Men’s 10m Air Pistol, three Indians have made cut and Shazar Rizvi, Abhishek Verma and Saurabh Chaudhary will aim for coveted WCF glass globes for India.
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19:28 IST, November 20th 2019